A1 Tornado at Newcastle Station in its blue livery


n 1990 a group of people came together to share an extraordinary ambition – to construct a brand new Peppercorn A1 Pacific. They formed The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and after nineteen years of incredible effort that locomotive, No. 60163 Tornado, moved under its own power for the first time in 2008.


Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Newcastle Station, Northumberland
Photo credit: © Dave Hudspeth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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